Mangia!: Chicken Kiev & Garlic Cremini Mushrooms

Friday, May 4, 2007

Chicken Kiev & Garlic Cremini Mushrooms

Oooooh YUMMY! I've been looking forward to making and tasting this dish. It's something so simple and I'm surprised I've just never had it before!

I'm still sticking to the Chicken dishes right now, since that's what I'm the most familiar with and really, it's the one type of meat I eat at least 98% of the time. Next recipe I'll try some sort of red meat.

Here are the Ingredients for the Chicken Kiev:

1 tablespoon choppped green onion
1 tablespoon snipped fresh parsley
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 of a 1/4-pound stick of butter, chilled
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon water
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup fine dry bread crumbs
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
Salt & Black Pepper
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon cooking oil

In a small bowl combine green onion, parsley, and garlic; set aside. Cut chilled butter into four 2-1/2x1/2-inch sticks. In a shallow bowl stir together egg and water. Place flour in another shallow bowl. Place bread crumbs in a third shallow bowl. Set aside.

Place a chicken breast half between 2 pieces of plastic wrap. Using the flat side of a meat mallet pound chicken lightly into a rectangle about 1/8 inch thick. Remove plastic wrap. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with one-fourth of the green onion mixture. Place a butter piece in center of chicken piece. Fold in sides; roll up. Repeat with remaining chicken.

Coat chicken rolls with flour. Dip in egg mixture; coat with bread crumbs. Dip in egg mixture again; coat with additional bread crumbs. (Coat ends well to seal in the butter.) Place coated chicken in 2-quart rectangular baking dish. Cover and chill 1 to 24 hours.

In a large skillet melt the 1 tablespoon butter over medium-high heat; add oil. Add chilled chicken rolls. Cook about 5 minutes or until golden brown, turning to brown all sides. Place rolls in a 2-quart rectangular baking dish. Bake, uncovered, in a 400 degree F oven for 15 to 18 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink (170 degrees F). Spoon any drippings over rolls. Makes 4 servings.

Cheesy Chicken Rolls: Prepare as directed above, except substitute 2 1/2x1/2-inch sticks of caraway, blue, Gruyere, or cheddar cheese for the butter. If using caraway or blue cheese, omit the parsley. If using Gruyere cheese, substitute 2 teaspoons snipped fresh tarragon for the parsley. If using Cheddar Cheese, substitute 2 teaspoons snipped fresh thyme for the parsley.

Here is the recipe for the Garlic Cremini Mushrooms:

Cut cremini mushrooms in quarters. Saute in equal parts olive oil and butter. When just cooked, stir in minced garlic and cook 2 minutes more. Season to taste. SO SIMPLE!

(I HATE MUSHROOMS...so hopefully they come out okay for Mike. I won't be able to taste test...dun dun dun.)

Ok, so I followed the recipe to the T. Meaning -- I used the chicken breasts they recommended and used a friggen meat mallet to try and thin them out. Common sense told me before I even went shopping, to get the scallopini cut b/c they are already thin and easy to roll. Yeah, well. I was right. I spent at least 30 minutes trying to flatten the chicken breasts to the recommended "thin-ness" LOL. I have neighbors that live below me. I don't think they were to happy with all the pounding and hammering that came from my kitchen.

The result -- the chicken was pretty good, but it was still a little thick, so when plated it tasted a little too chicken-y. If that makes sense. The butter was buttery, I would definitely have preferred a cheese or spread of some sort to add to the chicken roll instead. The chicken wasn't bad with the butter, but not worth all the effort I put into it.

The mushrooms -- so easy to make, and I guess simple recipe = simple taste. I didn't try them, but Mike did. He said he liked them. They were garlicky...but he likes that.

Chicken Kiev plated with the Mushrooms:

Chicken Kiev, cut in half. The inside had butter. I did not substitute with cheese:

Labels: Chicken, Dinner, Side Dish

posted by Typette @ 9:02 AM

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